San Francisco Bay Hands Off Venezuela held its first meeting in the Bay Area on May 19 at the New College of California. Twenty-seven activists from around the Bay discussed the need to mobilize against the U.S. government's attempts to destabilize and topple the popular democratic government in Venezuela. This meeting was organized as a broad-based, democratically structured, united front coalition on the basis of defending Venezuela's right to self-determination. However, in the process of mobilizing people around this principle, we want to take every opportunity to educate the American public about the revolutionary process unfolding in Venezuela. Those attending this meeting were individuals who came from a wide range of socialist groups in the Bay Area, including Socialist Action, International Socialist Organization, the Workers International League, Socialist Viewpoint, Socialist Organizer, Labor's Militant Voice, and Workers Action, as well as individuals who were not affiliated with any organization. John Peterson from the National HOV campaign was also present. We hope to reach out to many more groups and independents for our future meetings.

One of the more significant recent developments in Venezuela has been the creation of a massive new labor movement, the National Workers Union (UNT), that has replaced the former U.S. funded, pro-employer union federation. The initial project of SF Bay HOV, unanimously adopted at this meeting, will be to bring a prominent leader of the UNT to the San Francisco Bay Area so that people here can begin to learn about the exciting developments in Venezuela. This will mark a tremendous step forward for the U.S. HOV campaign as a whole. We'll have more details on this important visit soon. We also discussed organizing other events such as video showings and lectures that would serve to lead up to the tour of the UNT representative.

The next general meeting of SF Bay HOV will be 7:00 PM, Thursday, June 9, in the Centro del Pueblo auditorium, 474 Valencia Street (at 16th Street). For more information call Adam Richmond, 415-864-3537 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

San Francisco Bay Hands Off Venezuela held its first meeting in the Bay Area on May 19 at the New College of California. Twenty-seven activists from around the Bay discussed the need to mobilize against the U.S. government's attempts to destabilize and topple the popular democratic government in Venezuela. This meeting was organized as a broad-based, democratically structured, united front coalition on the basis of defending Venezuela's right to self-determination. However, in the process of mobilizing people around this principle, we want to take every opportunity to educate the American public about the revolutionary process unfolding in Venezuela. Those attending this meeting were individuals who came from a wide range of socialist groups in the Bay Area, including Socialist Action, International Socialist Organization, the Workers International League, Socialist Viewpoint, Socialist Organizer, Labor's Militant Voice, and Workers Action, as well as individuals who were not affiliated with any organization. John Peterson from the National HOV campaign was also present. We hope to reach out to many more groups and independents for our future meetings.

One of the more significant recent developments in Venezuela has been the creation of a massive new labor movement, the National Workers Union (UNT), that has replaced the former U.S. funded, pro-employer union federation. The initial project of SF Bay HOV, unanimously adopted at this meeting, will be to bring a prominent leader of the UNT to the San Francisco Bay Area so that people here can begin to learn about the exciting developments in Venezuela. This will mark a tremendous step forward for the U.S. HOV campaign as a whole. We'll have more details on this important visit soon. We also discussed organizing other events such as video showings and lectures that would serve to lead up to the tour of the UNT representative.

The next general meeting of SF Bay HOV will be 7:00 PM, Thursday, June 9, in the Centro del Pueblo auditorium, 474 Valencia Street (at 16th Street). For more information call Adam Richmond, 415-864-3537 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..